Building PCs for video editing class and have a question.

[ingeborgdot]

I am building some PCs for a video editing class we are starting. I have most of the materials picked out what I will be using. The CPU will be the Xeon E3-1230 V2. We cannot overclock so I am going with a Xeon cpu. Anyway my question is with video editing and no gaming, Do I need an aftermarket cooler? Thanks.

[ingeborgdot]

I was wondering if the item I will be talking about is a good thing or just a gimmick. I don't know if I would use it but it is on the board anyway.


HDMI-In Tired of constantly switching devices to connect to your monitor? From now on just connect the monitor to your motherboard, and connect your secondary device to the motherboard's HDMI-In port. Users can conveniently toggle between the computer's screen and the secondary device's screen with a hotkey, or even use the secondary device without powering on the computer.

This is found on the ASRock boards.

[ingeborgdot]

I was also wondering about these three boards and what would be the best one for a video editing board. It is going to be between one of these 3. The Asus is the only one with 1 USB 3.0 so I will have to buy an add on card for that but that makes it on par for price with the other two. No OC or games, just video editing. Thanks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131982
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128591
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157369

[ingeborgdot]

Those above don't seem to work.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128591
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131982
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157369
Maybe??